User guide

type name will appear under Target Devices in the side navigation bar. For example, if
you assign a type of “Windows 2000” to three target devices, a Windows 2000 link
will appear in the side navigation bar. Clicking on the link will display the three
target devices, as well as any other target devices assigned that type.
• To display managed appliances:
a. Click Appliances in the side navigation bar. The Appliances - All window will open.
b. To display an Appliance Type window, click one of the appliance type links in the
side navigation bar.
• To display a list of units that you have accessed most recently, click Recently Accessed in
the side navigation bar.
• To display units by groupings (if available), click the link in the side navigation bar.
• Click Sites to open the Units in Sites window.
• Click Departments to open the Units in Departments window.
• Click Locations to open the Units in Locations window.
• Click Custom Field Labels to display the Units in Custom Field window.
Showing and hiding units
Hiding turns off the display of units in the window, but does not remove the units from the
DSView software system.
To hide a unit:
1. In a Units View window (see Accessing Units View windows on page 118), click
Customize. The Units View Customization window will open.
2. Click Visibility in the Available Fields column and then click Add. Visibility will be
moved to the Fields to Show column.
3. Enable the Show hidden items checkbox if you wish to display hidden units in the Units
View Customization window with a transparent icon.
4. Click Save and then click Close. The window will open, containing the Visibility column.
The Visibility column will display Hide for each unit.
5. Click Hide for each unit.
The display of the selected unit will be turned off in the Units View window if Show
hidden items was not selected in the Units View Customization window.
If Show hidden items was selected, the hidden unit is still shown.
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